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J. A. EMMERT.

, BOSOM BOARD. No. 322,703. Patented July 21', 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE A. 'EMMERT, OF MONTROSE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOIVILLIAM H. ANTHONY, OF SAME PLACE.

BOSOM-BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,703, dated July 21,1885.

Application filed July 3, 1884. (No model.) 7

T0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I,',JEssE A. EMMERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Montrose, in the county of Henry and State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bosom-Boards; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My inventionrelates to the class of ironingboards known as bosom-boards,and has for its object a simple, inexpensive, and easily-manipulatedconstruction, whereby the shirt can be readily stretched and securelyheld on the board, in order that the bosom may be properly polished, asis desirable.

It consists in the board provided in its edge with a continuous grooveenlarged at the head and base of the board for the reception of thesprings of the fastening-bail, and the fastening-bail'composed of twosimilar rods having their adjacent ends united by retracting springs,and formed substantially as hereinafter morefully described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the board alone. Fig.2 is a plan view of the board and bail connected as in operation. Fig. 3is a detail view of the bail; Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of thecorners of the bail, all of which will be described.

The board A has its forward corners, a, rounded, in order that the bailmay be more readily applied. Its rear-corners are preferably made asshown, the base a being cut at right angles to the sides a A groove, B,is formed in the edge of the board, and extends entirely around it,being enlarged in the head and base of the board to formmortises B,fitted to receive the retracting-springs of. the

bail. This bail G is formed of two rods, 0 O", and the base and headsprings D D, connecting the adjacent ends of rods 0 as most clearlyshown in Fig. 3. The rods 0 C are coiled at O, and have the long arms orrods 0 and the short arms 0 extended therefrom. The

In practice, where it is desired to hold the board firmly from lateralmovement, the coils C may be caught over pins or studs mounted on thetable or support, and the board be thus securely held.

The short arms 0 fit in the grooves in the base, and the base-spring Dconnects the ends of the two arms and rests in the mortises B of thebase, as will be understood from Fig. 2.

The forward ends of arms 0 are curved correspondingly to the parts a ofthe board, and are connected by coil-spring D, which rests in the headmortise B. (Shown in Fig. 2.)

In operation the shirt is placed on the board with the bosom fitting onor over the face of same. The rear arms, 0 of the bail are drawnslightly apart, expanding the spring D, and the forward end of the bailis adjusted over the head of the board and into the groove therein. Thebase of the bail is now sprung over the base of the board and into thegroove, and the shirt will be firmly held and cannot slip duringoperation. In removing the shirt it is only necessary to draw the arms 0slightly apart and spring same up over the base of the board, when theshirt may be taken thereoff. v

The spring-loop C may be made of one or more coils of the bail-rod, Forthe purposes of a handle, it will be understood the wire may be simplylooped at the corners and crossed and soldered, or otherwise secured, atthe point of crossing; but I prefer thespringloop for the reasonsstated.

It will be seen that'the base-springD serves also to secure the shirt,as it holds the parts 1 IOO Having thus described my invention, what ID, connecting the adjacent ends of rods 0 0, claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, substantially as and for the purposes set forth. 10

1s In testimony whereof I affix my signature in The combination, withthe board A, having presence of two witnesses.

5 edge groove, B, of the fastening-bail consist- JESSE A. EMMERT.

ing of rods 0, formed with the spring-coils C I Witnesses: and arms 0 0extended from said coil at H. S. MARVIN,

v right angles to each other, and the springs D W. Y. INGLISIL

